Five hundred flights, five classes, 11 tasks, 41 teams – these are the key numbers of the 15th FAI European Microlight Championships, held in Ignalina, Lithuania.
The competition finished on Saturday 17 August with the award ceremony at the airfield. Pilots and crew from eight countries competed during the week for the best results in navigation, precision and economy tasks.
On July 17th and 18th 2019, Air Sports Group (ASG) in collaboration with the General Sports Authority of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia hosted the inaugural Swoop Freestyle International Open in downtown Jeddah.
The first ever professional skydiving event in the Kingdom gathered 18 competitors and 13 display pilots from 15 countries worldwide. All eyes were on the Jeddah skies, as the competitors descended in their signature aggressive parachutes, showcasing once again the high level of skill and technical knowledge required to master the new high-impact sport.
In modern paragliding competitions, such as the 16th FAI World Paragliding Championship in Krushevo, North Macedonia, there is a whole heap of technology. Forgetting the technology inside the cutting edge wing designs the pilots are flying, they have a whole host of instrumentation on their laps.
In the third stage of the 2019 Helicopter World Cup held in Belarus last week, the formidable Russian duo of Elena Prokofyeva and Diana Riiazova remained overall leaders in the General Class, despite having been knocked off the top spots during the actual competition. Last year’s winners, the equally impressive Russian Masters Class crew of Yury Yablokov and Konstantin Podoinitsyn, also kept hold of their top overall position.
